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In 1971 the UN decided that the permanent seat on the security council would be taken from the KMT and given to the CCP

China’s resistance to Japan is one of the great untold stories of World War II. Though China was the first Allied power to fight the Axis, it has received far less credit for its role in the Pacific theater than the United States, Britain or even the Soviet Union, which only joined the war in Asia in August 1945. The Chinese contribution was pushed aside soon after the conflict, as an inconvenient story in the neat ideological narrative of the Cold War. Though far weaker and poorer than the mighty United States or the British Empire, China played a major role in the war. Some 40,000 Chinese soldiers fought in Burma alongside American and British troops in 1944, helping to secure the Stilwell Road linking Lashio to Assam in India. In China itself, they held down some 800,000 Japanese soldiers. The costs were great. At least 14 million Chinese were killed and some 80 million became refugees over the course of the war. Quick summery Japan invaded China in 1937 and brought World War II to the Far East and the pacific theaters. The US waited until 1941 to official send aids to help China after the bombing of the Pearl Harbor that took place in the same year and directly sent troops to China in 1945, a total 9 years after the invasion started. China had been fighting the war longer than any other country, as well as the difference in the nature of the war for the Chinese from them: for the Chinese, it was a war to liberate their homeland from invading forces who had a larger number of modern weaponries and well-trained troops. The contribution of the Chinese to the pacific theater was immense, and was disproportionate to the recognition it gained at the end of the war. --Wendi Qiu

The reason why the Kuomintang lost in the mainland because Chiang Kai Shek still hasn't remove the "Army Corruption" and "Incompetent Officers" modifiers. If only he didn't spend all of the army experiences to the mass assault doctrine

The KMT did not establish the Republic of China in Taiwan in 1949, it was already established in 1911!

The ROC government relocated to Taiwan in 1949 while fighting a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. Since then, the ROC has continued to exercise effective jurisdiction over the main island of Taiwan and a number of outlying islands, leaving Taiwan and China each under the rule of a different government.

The Chinese civil war has not ended until today! When Taiwan's military was stronger than the mainland, Taiwan's fighter jets often flew to the mainland for reconnaissance and even bombing! At that time, the West remained silent! Now that the mainland's military is stronger than Taiwan, the mainland's fighter jets are only active around Taiwan Island, and the West is shouting! I hope Western netizens who support Taiwan's independence can become the heads of your states and recognize Taiwan!

Bit of an audio glitch at 5:51

Taiwan is part of China. The question is how you define "China." "China" can mean either the PRC regime or a much broader geographical, historical, and civilizational concept of the Chinese Nation. 180 UN member countries in the world currently acknowledge the PRC as the sole sovereign regime over all of China including Taiwan. So legally speaking, Taiwan is a de jure part of China. De facto, the PRC has no control over Taiwan's internal administration, so it is not a de facto part of the PRC. So in short, Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan is PRC's de jure territory, acknowledged by most states and all major states in the world. Taiwan is de facto not under PRC governance. Very simple actually. A lot of people got confused, because they do not know why "China" is different from "PRC."

The Republic of China was established in 1911, Mainland China, not Taiwan! Even the current constitution of ROC, which is still in force in Taiwan, was adopted in 1947, in Nanjing, Mainland China.

Essentially, it’s a North/South Korea situation but where if North Korea was to control the entire peninsula and South Korea only controlled Jeju island.

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Thanks very much for highlighting an obvious historical fact that has been pushed aside. Tibet never officially seceded from China. The KMT gov maintained an overseer office in Lhasa until around 1948. 😊😊

The post-war international arrangement of the Second World War was the return of the island of Taiwan from Japanese colonization to China. This was written in the Potsdam Proclamation and the Cairo Declaration. Are those who believe that Taiwan is not part of China going to deny and overturn the outcome of the Second World War?

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The history of warlord infighting before Japan invaded was extremely complex

People seem to forget that the official name of Taiwan is the Republic of China and the ROC claims not just the mainland but also Outer Mongolia (and Tibet) as part of its regions. So this situation with Taiwan and China is not like Ukraine vs Russia, as Taiwan has a majority ethnic Han Chinese population but also claims the mainland too. It should also be noted there is a growing sentiment of reunification that often isn’t covered by at least American or western news as the people of Taiwan. With China becoming more powerful it simply makes economic sense to be on good terms with the mainland, not to mention the historical and cultural roots Taiwan has with China. There is also of course a sentiment that Taiwan does not want to turn into some kind of vassal state/lapdog of America. All of this is complex but I unfortunately think that most people who only grew up with a western view on this situation seem to not fully grasp it. Remember, China is not just a nation, it is more so a civilization.

Thank you for this. Such a clear and simple explanation 👍🏼

I actually didnt know there were still comment wars about this thing 😅😂

You just perfectly explained why Taiwan is part of China lol

7:19 it looks like there was a giant river or lava flow near the ancient chinese capital of xian on this map and it looks like maybe luoyang may have been a coastal city at one point by the way this map appears?

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Despite all the times the CCP has attempted to invade Taiwan. What not many people talk about was how the Republic of China also made several attempts to invade and retake their former territories from their base in Taiwan. However, in 1965, the ROC and PLA had two naval engagements. Despite boasting a superior navy, the ROC navy couldn't overcome the PLA navy. And since any large scale invasion requires control of the sea, there was just no feasible way for the Nationalists to mount a successful invasion. Also, even during the troubled times of the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. There wasn't really any popular support for Chiang Kai Shek or the Nationalist cause. And since the remnants of Chiang's forces had already been weakened by years of fighting the Japanese during WWII. There was really no realistic way for him to reunite China under the ROC. They lacked military power, didn't have the hearts and minds of the mainland populace, and even the US wasn't interested in backing their plans for conquest.

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Just know that most Taiwanese people commonly hate Chaing because not only did he not reflect on his defeat and fix his issues, but he basically enforced the same governing style in Taiwan as the one that failed him in China. And there's also the fact that the KMT soldiers and government in general look down on the local Taiwanese and see them as "Japanese colonial slaves". They have fewer opportunities for high-end jobs like lecturing, doctoring, and governing. And Chaing subsequently mass murdered a ton of people in the name of anti-espionage during the White Terror period. (Go watch gameplay of Detention to know more) When Taiwan was still under authoritarian KMT rule, bronze statues of Chaing were set up everywhere around the country, but nowadays people see them as an eyesore, so much so that there is one park in Taipei that is packed full of Chaing statues because people don't want them and this is the only place that is willing to adopt the statues.

To summarize this ,an unfinished civil war

slight editing mistake at 5:50

In conclusion, Taiwan island is a mix of Chinese, Japanese, and Austronesian. And now ruled by ROC government.

Well the official name is still Republic of China, ROC, so there are two Chinas now

Good opening

12:40 The flag of PRC was censored like the swastika flag, so it was replaced with the soviet one instead.

I think people seem to be very confused about the cultural identity of Taiwan. Let's be honest? The majority of the people living in the island of Taiwan are mostly Han Chinese. There is a reason why they are using Chinese characters for writing, speaking a Chinese dialect, even their own flag came from China since 1917 CE, it is also called the ROC which stands for the Republic of China, and etc. Being an independent nation is one thing but calming to be different people/culture from China is just dead wrong. No hate it's just simple facts the people living on the island of are still mostly Han Chinese.

2:33 so if there was still that older government in yellow that wasn't beaten quite yet by the kmt bc it split in 1928, 2 factions of the kmt, and then the ccp which cut ties with both, that means 4 major players, and many warlords still...its a miracle china ever became a united country again, especially since it seems at that time the ccp and left kmt and right kmt were basically warlord factions themselves

This is very informative in deed

I wonder why Dr Sun Yat-sen isn't mentioned when you talk about 1912? Why is there nothing about the Nanking massacre in 1937? Why is there nothing about 1958 Mao/Eisenhower invasion of Taiwan?

Interesting

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So basicly the nationalists took over while the communists were weak. Circled them but failed to notice that they fled. Then they started their capture plan again just to be interrupted by Japan. By being stubborn in taking action against the communists instead of the external threat they lost internal support (again). After Japan lost the Soviet Union supported the Chinese communists and with the support of the main population too, the nationalists lost and fled to Taiwan. And somehow the communists failed to take Taiwan to this day (at first without the protection of the US and now because of it). Man, Chinese history is really something else...

The ROC was founded in 1911 after the revolution that over thrown the Qing dynasty, not after KMT lost the civil war

Im glad you are talking about recent events.

What happened at 5:50?

11:42 Truman changed his mind and started to protect Taiwan island after the break of Korean war. That's why PRC can't conquer Taiwan island till now.

Of those 10,000 communists that survived the long march North, one of them was Xi Jingping's father, Xi Zhongxun. His father eventually fell out of good graces with Mao, but Xi Jingping was calculated and slowly built his political framework back and became premier. Objectively speaking, his rise is very noteworthy.

Actually the us government could have kept the nationalist in the fight if it gave them enough economic aid. But the Truman administration was short sighted and didn’t see the impact a regime change in china would have made on the world stage.

That is definitely one awful typo on the thumbnail 😒

Thanks

While we in Taiwan appreciate your explanation and support, this narrative isn't quite accurate. Before the KMT lost China and fled to Taiwan, there were already people living here, those who lived here for generations prior to the end of WWII. The notion that "both Mainland and Taiwan belong to one China, just temporarily divided", is what both the KMT and the CCP would like you to think, but in reality, Taiwan is Taiwan, China is China. We Taiwanese don't want to be the "real" China, we just want to be Taiwan. Let China be China. We hope China can be a democratic country with rule of law, but even than, we would still only be friendly neighbors, not part of the same country.

@5:51 why didn't you edit this out?

as a chinese,thank u for ur work,what u have told is 90% same as i learned from school in mainland,now more and more people know the fact,that is:china civil war is not ended,and the state is not stable as one side become stronger and stronger,the only reason china is not unified to one entire country is :United States....the americans is the only one who stop china unification,and we chinese are working hard to change this situation in our decades,and try hard to give our decendants a unified china ....

You are right!

well that was an anti climatic ending to the video, lol

Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing regime declared that it had unified China. In fact, we all know that the local warlords only obeyed superficially. During his reign, he was committed to weakening local military power and maintaining central military power. He ordered the local army to encircle and suppress the weak CCP. In my opinion, it was also an excuse and means to consume the power of the warlords and win the support of the capital behind them. So I think it’s totally fine for the CCP to declare nominal reunification now.

I would rather work with person from the island then from main land ,

9:05 was the game-changer for the CCP, they positioned themselves right beside the USSR/Russia so they can get Communist war supplies to continue their next Act. Brilliant plan! I wonder if that was the plan the whole time and why they did the Long March? ;)

Obligatory comment addressing the video title, that Taiwan technically is part of China through the Republic of China, and no country in the world recognizes Taiwan as separate from China.

You educated me about China history in English. I learnt so much more. I'm ashamed as a Chinese 😅

China built houses in Taiwan in 1171, reclaimed farmland, garrison taxes, established the official administration in 1335, set up the Taiwan government in 1683, under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, almost all of the people in Taiwan Province migrated from Fujian province, the two places speak the same accent dialect, Taiwan Province is 98 percent Han

5:50

Taiwan not being a part of China would boil down to political and social factors.

11:20 from what i was taught growing up the nationalists denied us help and congress even during world war two wouldnt really let the us truly help china beyond some air squadrons and limited assistance.. i often wonder how different the world would have become if the us would have been able to help russia in 1917-1918 and help china after world war 2...i mean we rebuilt japan and germany, why not china as well..china was our ally while japan and germany had been enemies. russia was our ally in both world wars. how different and possibly more peaceful would things be without communism and communism aggression and people in the us being paranoid of communism and going too heavily into south east asia and africa and south american trying to prevent its spread or something but really just giving the world more arms and more wars.

Your Correction is wrong, Tibet did not "remain" a "sovereign state" after Qing Collapse, here's the correction: Qing Dynasty did not "Collapse", it was negotiated to end Imperial Rule, and the Emperor transfered, as stated in the Royal Edict, that "Qing Dynasty would transfer the land of Han, Hui, Mongol, Tibetan and Manchurian to form a new Republic of China", the Emperor was allowed to stay in the Forbidden City and the expenses of the Royal family will be subsidized by the Government of Republic of China, and thus Tibet was not a sovereign state after Qing "Collapse", it was part of China since Qing established direct control from the 18th century

Taiwanese doesn't think they are China now The only reason its contitution still says so It's because if Taiwanese legislaters were to change the constitution to fit their current territorries and country's name into Taiwan It would be seen as "provocation" by CCP and China So everything just been left the way it is Hense, weirdly, by taiwanese contitusion, Mongolia still a part of Repulic of China(Taiwan)

6:24 Hey there quick question As far as i know mao Zedong didnt take over CCP leadership until the end of the march Please correct me if iam wrong

one thing about this vid , mao didnt seize the leadership in the year of 1934 but 1935

your pronunciations are upsetting c.Cee. p?

The thumbnail asks why China became communist. I didn't see that answered here. You probably should have mentioned the Russian/USSR influences from the very beginning.

at 7:40, correction: not "international community" but its the western colonial powers

1 country 2 different factions. ROC claims all of mainland China, and PRC claims Taiwan. Thats why it is called a Civil War. Yet now Taiwan and mainland China are pretty much separate Nations with same language, culture etc. Just a difference in governance. Hong Kong would easily fit into the Taiwan way of doinv things, not CCP way. The trading between mainland and Taiwan would be huge despite political differences.

This is an excellent video that shows a fraction of the complication of history.

It is rare to have objective videos.

Is it only me or the USSR flag is used instead of CCP's or I misunderstood the context?

Han Chinese still dominate and call the shots and orders overall in both of those countries as well as Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, And many parts of South East Asians there is a sense of Han Chinese privilege even over Non Han East Asiatic neibors and near buyers yeah.

Did you do your research or were you just copying abd pasting from Western propaganda sources. I mean yes, in general, it is kind of chronologically correct but hooo boy the tone, what you left out, and what you included, might as well be a class act in propaganda speech! 😅

The main reason behind Maos large support in rural areas mainly central China was oppressive policies of Quomintang against farmers and faliure of protection against japanese in WW2.so then He gain more support after 1943 and became unstoppable Socialist state in history more successful one party state than USSR.

at the end of the video, the content creator says china civil war not yet ended today. civil war is a war within a country. ROC in taiwan, the consition law states china territory includes mainland and taiwan. Note that if any changes of consition law, it needs all citizen involved and pass to be legitimate (i.e mainland citizens required to be included). therefore this video concludes taiwen is part of china. btw, govt and country is different concept. china is a country, ROC/PRC is a govt... For clarity: Ming / Qing dynasties rule taiwen. After china defeated inveder japan, taiwen returned to china and civil war broke out.

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It's pretty clear we're you learn of it that when you see the title of this episode, you can't help but say DUH as I am. Jeez

0:09宣统皇帝当时好像是6岁，你应该用他幼儿时的照片

The relation of both China here is unique I think, they are the same as Ukraine and Russia or North and South Korea. The people there are actually connected, they are influencing each other as both is dominated by Han Chinese. The situation more complex than most people think, there are still ppl on both side who wants reunification as they cannot decide who will govern the united china. China have been really aggressive to unification because china gave taiwan special treatment in trade and visa free as compatriot from taiwan

12:29 / 13:07

So basically China entered a warlord period yet again in the 1920s? I’ve always wondered how Japan could have gained so much territory in China and southeast east Asia when it’s a tiny weak country and China is huge and powerful, makes more sense if China had imperials nationalists warlords communists fighting each other and the nationalists apparently couldn’t hold their own faction together much less the country

2 China’s, 1 Cup.

讲的很好

11.00 Why tibet is show as part of CCP when it was invaded 10 years later?

People‘s republic of China was independent from Republic of China in 1949 BC，so they are two different countries already

This is why it should be ambiguous and not outright independent. Because whatever anyone says, both sides claim to be China. Just one is the republic and the other the people’s republic.

Good video.

Why did US president Truman decide not to interfere in China politics and let communist China be so powerful that no longer make nationalist Taiwan comeback a reality

The PLA did try twice in 1954 and 1958 to invade Taiwan but both ended in disaster. Maybe third time's the charm? In any case, back in 1971, many countries were happy to have 2 Chinas, 1 communist and the other nationalist, but Chiang refused. Too late now.

地图错得离谱，怕不是KR玩多了导致的

Why Taiwan doesn't have their own passport and says Taiwan republic and Why Taiwan is still not independent but still says republic of China on their passports. So Taiwan is part of China.

This is the wrong question, your title and premise frames the issue very incorrectly

Communism is against Feudalism and Totalirianism or Authorianism...Not with Jistice and Democratic Primciples...It was only circumstances that prolomged the process of tramsforming and adapting to Democrstic primciples..Of geopoltics could be s strong factor too...This is the problem of Continental Nations...sharing common boundaries and implied intervention should stand in the way...

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"Why does Taiwan exist?" asked Xi calmly.

Whether or not Taiwan is a part of China depends on the will of the Taiwanese people. The CCP's argument doesn't matter.

The title is confusing and seems completely opposite of the content. if they are still in civil war, then both sides belong to one country - both mainland and Taiwan still parts of China. Canada and US can’t fight a civil war because they are two countries.

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